Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-11
THE SAME OLD STORY.
How Il was Told la Ancient Times-Loye,
Devotion and T-tradrachmS.

Devotion and T-tradraChmS.
Tell me. Hiparrhc." quoth Liomodcs,
the scriyener, tell me, by the love You
bear the gods, is there thiSnight.in all Ath-
ems such delight ~ |, returning from my
toll. have found? This kid is roasted to
perfection. and the spinach more plcases
the palate than the olives OF Cyprus or the
golden apples OF Thrace. Where Is TO be
found such 4 wine Is You this moment
have with your two hands poured out?
knd surely where, unless it be upon the
sacred mount in Thr>Slly, is to be heard
at mortal ear, such song a. You, touching
your Tyre, discourse To the pllintivr Spon-
irrS ct PhaOu : rejected lOver:'
Now, by pallIS Athcnc. quoth Hi
parchc. you say words that are smoother
and do more rejoice ne than tine honey OF
UvmettuS. Yet what service can |, .
DtOmedes, do Of which you are not more
than worthy? For Eros and his seaborn
mother shall bear me witness that since
the time the arrow pierced my breast,
ku3ling there the tire more subtle than
rnat prometheus stole, to do your will has
been my souls delight
NAY" demonstrated DiomedcS. gently
disencaging Hiparche'S shapsiy arms from
about his neck. nay, dear wife, be not so
demOnstratjve; see, you have spilled the
wine upon my tcga.'
The gods save me- cried Hiparche;
Il had no p2-pose OF that kind, for twas
but this day that |, seeing you approach
our house. said To myself: How clean Is
nav Diomedes' attire, How well hath he
preserved his togI and bis huSkins from
the last srason-surely he will not want
Others for months 70 come.
BY the temple. you must be blind.
Iiparche minc"' cried Diomedcs. Upon
This togo there are many stains, both here
in 'front.' aud elsewhere. too, where | I'M
gulrdeGly have sat upon benches newly
painted. And, look you, how that my
huSSins DO bag ~ the knees -
Not so. . Diomedes." quoth ITiparche.
Have / not eyes to seq Yet. even were
it Us YOU say-and 50 it is not-there l.
about You a beauty and manly grace that
make All people blind to what you wear.
7Irlls. al. All It's not SO with mc--;u. al.
hria-, not so with Your lhp2rvhe, Ii has
pleased the gods to make me very human.
aud though | seek to be comPly IN your
ewes find il hard 20 be -. Look with Your
two eyes, o DiomcJe>. uron this flowing
role of mine and tell me l. II not d"wdy:
Is Xcu~ am ashamed to he seen wearing
it in the AcrOpOiis, the more 50 since hut
to-day PhaNilh-shr whom | detcst-pa
raded before the house clad ina new gown
oGCarthaginian purple
by Hercules, protested pl"medcS
"rouc robe beseems YOU; It hath preserved
It's color and hath not lost It's shapelIucss
/ like it well. remembering that pai'
Mycemas the Cretan three tetradrachms o.
silver starters for it,
"Nay. by that same Hercules Il
dowdy 80 cried Hiparchc, and therCupo,
she fell to weeping and beating Of he,
breast and to tearing OF her hair, uttcrin.
wild oaths to PallaS Atheur aud calm.
the gods to witness that Sh" wished Sh,
never had beer born to wed Il man VIII,
cared not how his wife looked so long Il
he himself was we'll clothed. Whercupur
Diomedes, touched with compassion !o
Hiparchc. drew from his purse four terra
drachms, being his weeks salary, am
babe her buy the raiment she desired
Now. by the dog, how are the time
changed In these degcucrated days w,
have no scmhlancc 10 Hjparche, thu
| Athenlau wife o IeuS and We other god
immortal. jewellers on high olympus, how
/ hardly hast thou dealt with poStcrity, pre-
serving the like of DjomedrS through al
ages down to this very moment, but givin:
tn our compauionShip none such a
| Hruarchc 20 u,ulct us oi our love, Of on
devotion and of our tetradrachmS.-
/ CiirGq0 NeJrS.